On Monday evening at
an earthquake with the magnitude of 3.3 occurred south of Hornbeak,
Tennessee in western Obion County. The
epicenter was east of Reelfoot lake and another reminder that the New Madrid
Seismic Zone remains active.
As a historical note Hornbeak was founded long after the New
Madrid earthquakes either during the Civil War or shortly thereafter. It was named for its postmaster Frank
Hornbeak.
For more information on the earthquake see http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs/Quakes/nm081213e.html
And for the history of Hornbeak see http://tngenweb.org/obion/history/districts/hornbeak/
